“The US Senate has just unanimously adopted a resolution that recognizes and condemns the Armenian Genocide. This is truly a historic event, ”he wrote on Facebook.

Earlier it became known that US senators unanimously adopted a resolution that recognizes the genocide of the Armenian population by the Ottoman Empire.

In October, the US House of Representatives voted in favor of a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

Later, the Turkish Foreign Ministry in connection with the adoption of the document called the American ambassador to Ankara, David Satterfield.

The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire is recognized by 23 countries, as well as by the European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.